Names of Jeffrey Epstein's associates set to be released
investing.comBy Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen
NEW YORK (Reuters) — A U.S. court is expected on Wednesday to start revealing the names of dozens of people with ties to deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein, a move that could unveil new details about his sex trafficking.
Epstein socialized with Wall Street titans, royalty and celebrities before pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008. He took his own life in 2019 at age 66 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.
Dozens of women have accused Epstein of forcing them to provide sexual services to him and his guests at his private Caribbean island and homes he owned in New York, Florida and New Mexico.
The names of more than 150 people mentioned in a lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's most prominent accusers, are expected to be released after being sealed for years.
The unsealing was set to start on Wednesday, said Edward Friedland, the district executive for the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. More than 50 of the names have already been made public.
Some people who were friendly with Epstein, such as Britain's Prince Andrew and former Barclays CEO Jes Staley, have seen their reputations tarred because of their associations.
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), where Staley also worked, and Deutsche Bank have paid $365 million to settle accusations they turned a blind eye to their former client's activities.
Prince Andrew, who has been stripped of most of his royal titles, is among those expected to be discussed in the unsealed documents. He settled a civil lawsuit with Giuffre last year for an undisclosed sum and has denied wrongdoing.
ABC News said former U.S. President Bill Clinton would also be among those named. Epstein's former pilot has
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